How's your knowledge about all things railroad and trains?
On this page, we will post a short quiz that will test your knowledge of various aspects of railroads and railroading. All just for fun! A link to the correct answers is at the bottom of the page. There is nothing to submit and it's the honor system, so you grade yourself. Please let us know how you did.
Railroad History
1. In 1869, the Transcontinental Railroad was completed at:
a. Midway, UT
b. Promised Land, UT
c. Promontory, UT
d. Dotsero, CO
2. Which of these railroads is NOT a predecessor road of CSX:
a. Baltimore & Ohio
b. Seaboard Coast Line
c. Georgia & Florida
d. New York Central
3. Many railroad historians believe the first major merger of the modern era was:
a. Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line
b. Louisville & Nashville and Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis
c. Norfolk & Western and Virginian
d. Pennsylvania and New York Central
4. The first stainless steel dome cars were put into service on the:
a. Union Pacific
b. Burlington
c. Great Northern
d. Northern Pacific
5. Union Pacific’s first streamliner was the:
a. Portland Rose
b. City of Salina
c. City of Los Angeles
d. City of San Francisco
6. The ‘Water Level Route” was located on the:
a. Boston & Maine
b. Illinois Central
c. Florida East Coast
d. New York Central
7. At one time, this transcontinental railroad had over 600 miles of electrified territory:
a. Union Pacific
b. Milwaukee Road
c. Southern Pacific
d. Western Pacific
8. All of these railroads ran directly between New York City and Chicago EXCEPT:
a. Baltimore & Ohio
b. Erie
c. New York Central
d. Pennsylvania
9. These were all passenger train stations in Chicago EXCEPT:
a. Union Station
b. Dearborn Station
c. Grand Avenue Station
d. LaSalle Street Station
10. Mile Post ‘0’ on the original Union Pacific was located in:
a. Omaha
b. Ogden
c. Promontory Point
d. Council Bluffs